Cherry Ames Boxed Set (Books 1-4) Student Nurse, Senior Nurse, Army Nurse & Chief Nurse (Hardcover)

~ Helen Wells (Author)

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Product Description

In Student Nurse, Cherry starts nursing school at Spencer with a mixture of anxiety and anticipation - would she have what it takes to be a nurse?

In Army Nurse, Cherry has made the difficult decision facing all her classmates - should she enlist in the military or practice nursing on the homefront? She's graduated from Spencer and earned the right to put "RN" after her name, and as an Army nurse, she is now "Lieutenant Ames." The Army nurses are also soldiers, and endure a grueling basic training under the harsh Sergeant Deake (whom Cherry nicknames "Lovey," much to his chagrin). No one knows where the Spencer unit will be deployed until they are shipped off without warning - to Panama City. Who is the mysterious old Indian whom Cherry and her corpsman Bunce find collapsed in an abandoned house? He is obviously very ill, but with what? Can Dr. Joe's newly developed serum help?

In Senior Nurse, Cherry realizes that "a senior really must be a little more sober and responsible" - perhaps she should have warned the head nurse right away about the rabbit that had been smuggled into the pediatric ward. But the children had enjoyed it so...

In Cherry Ames, Chief Nurse, Cherry is whisked off to a new assignment on an island in the Pacific close to the battlefront - as Acting Chief Nurse! Colonel Pillsbee thinks she is too "young and pretty" to successfully supervise sixty nurses and 200 corpsmen. Can she do it?

From the Publisher

Springer Publishing Company is proud to present the re-release of the Cherry Ames nursing series! The books are just as you remember them, retaining the same look, feel, and sense of adventure and patriotism as when they were first published. With fully illustrated color covers and a soft-finished hardcover format just like the originals, these books will transport you back to the days when you were reading about this spunky young nurse. They will also make delightful reading for a new generation of younger readers, transporting them back to a more innocent time when an independent young woman, devoted to helping people--yet also adventuresome, resourceful, and courageous--balanced helping others with getting involved in breathtaking mystery and adventure.

With a heart of pure gold and a true yearning to make a difference in the world, eighteen-year-old Cherry Ames leaves her hometown and enters nursing school, embarking on a lifetime of adventures. Follow Cherry through the entire 20-volume series as she grows from a student nurse to a fully qualified RN, all the while making friends, pushing the limits of authority, leading her nursing colleagues, and sleuthing and solving mysteries. Smart, courageous, mischievous, quick-witted, and above all, devoted to nursing, Cherry Ames meets adventure head-on wherever she goes.

Volumes 1-4
Student Nurse: Book 1
Senior Nurse: Book 2
Army Nurse: Book 3
Chief Nurse: Book 4

Volumes 5-8
Flight Nurse: Book 5
Private Duty Nurse: Book 6
Veterans Nurse: Book 7
Visiting Nurse: Book 8

Volumes 9-12
Cruise Nurse: Book 9
Boarding School Nurse: Book 10
Department School Nurse: Book 11
Camp Nurse: Book 12

Volumes 13-16
At Hilton Hospital: Book 13
Island Nurse: Book 14
Rural Nurse: Book 15
Staff Nurse: Book 16

Volumes 17-20
Companion Nurse: Book 17
Jungle Nurse: Book 18
The Mystery in the Doctor's Office: Book 19
Ski Nurse Mystery: Book 20 Start your own collection or give as a gift to friends, fellow nurses, or the next generation of nurses-to-be! Cherry Ames is back, just as you remember her!

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Hardcover: 204 pages
• Publisher: Springer Publishing Company; 1 edition (November 29, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0977159744
• ISBN-13: 978-0977159741
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.4 x 3.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #130,775 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Every Girl Should Read This Wonderful Series! , December 6, 2006

By	KatCool "katcool" - See all my reviews

What a delight to rediscover our courageous nurse Cherry Ames all over again! Let Cherry take us back to an era of simple virtues where honesty and integrity mattered. Cherry Ames is a series most of us baby boomers remember reading, along with Nancy Drew, Trixie Belden, Vicki Barr, Dana Girls, Bobsey Twins, Hardy Boys and the like. A true treasure to explore and pass on to our own children or just to read and discover the magic of series books all over again. I would recommend these books to any young girl and I am delighted to see my old friend and nurse Cherry again.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cherry Ames book republished, March 8, 2006

By	Sheri L. Stevenson (Pasadena, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have fond memories of reading the Cherry Ames series in 3rd grade and was delighted to see them republished. Although I pursued a career in mental health, rather than nursing, I can still make the correlation having absorbed that nurturing atmosphere prevalent in these books. Highly recommended!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cherry Ames Nursing Series, Books 1-4, March 3, 2006

By	Tiffany Benjamin "nostalgia fan" (fairfield, iowa) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Cherry Ames is cheerful, thoughtful, polite, and hardworking. She embodies values that are often missing today. I enjoy the interaction between the characters, and the wholesomeness of the scenarios.